Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Do you want to be a part of the world’s leading jewelry company while putting your experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) into use? If yes, then we might have an exciting opportunity for you! You will be part of Pandora Latin America Team in an international organization of can-do spirited, passionate, and performance-driven people.

Pandora is looking for a dynamic and business-savvy Sr Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis LATAM (FP&A) in Panama City, Panama.

Main purpose of the role:

The purpose of the Cluster Commercial Finance function is to work shoulder-to-shoulder with cluster stakeholders to drive and impact cluster business performance. Cluster Commercial Finance are accountable for:

• Delivering the commercial results of the cluster (P&L and Balance Sheet) and also acting as the ‘engine room’ of Business Performance management, owning the Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting processes within the framework set by the Group
• In addition, they are also required to be ‘forward looking’, focusing on identification of opportunities to drive improvements in top and bottom line and other key outcomes (e.g. work capital, cash, and cost reduction). Teams will use the data/analytics/tools which will be available to them (along with influencing relationship development and storytelling skills) to drive material performance improvement, in collaboration with Cluster leadership teams.

The Cluster Commercial Finance function combines commercial knowledge and understanding of the drivers of performance with adequate financial accounting skills to ensure accuracy of the financial accounts. The Cluster Commercial Finance function comprises a small focused team focused on commercial finance.

The Manager of Cluster FP&A will lead the Cluster FP&A function. The person is expected to drive and manage the cluster forecasting and planning process and deliver actionable insights to drive business performance in the cluster and markets in collaboration with Group FP&A. Group FP&A will own the global planning and budget process, but the role of Cluster FP&A is to comply to, add value to, and challenge these processes, to drive stronger global FP&A processes. Thus, the role will be the cluster anchor towards Group FP&A, ensuring reliable forecasts, solid and ambitious budgets (targets) and ability to strategically plan the business development. Thereby the cluster provides transparency on a cluster level, ensuring that market and cluster relevant business drivers are considered and explained.

The role requires a combination of strong forecasting/planning/analysis skills, combined with business acumen and commercial finance skills to explain drivers of business performance in the particular cluster. 

Key accountabilities:

• Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Lead cluster performance management through managing planning and forecast process and information in alignment with Global Business Finance.
  • Sign-off action plans by Market Business Partners for off track categories/areas

• Management Reporting 
  • Deliver insight and identifies key drivers of cluster/market business performance
  • Finalise ‘standard’ reporting for the cluster based on business understanding (first cut of report produced by Reporting CoE)

• Strategic Planning  
  • Make strategic (and Capex) planning process and target setting. Led and driven by Group and cluster agreeing priorities and validating targets with business stakeholders 

What We Are Looking For: 

• +8 years of experience from similar role(s) and responsibility in a global and international organisation 
• Experience from retail, fashion or FMCG industry
• Fluent in English & Spanish – verbally and written 
• High energy and willingness to drive a global agenda 
• Understand strategic development and business priorities 
• Stakeholder management, business partnering and influencing 
• Strong and effective communication – verbally and written 
• Willing to travel regularly and an international mindset 
• “One Global Team” oriented